biobehavioural
BY-oh-bih-HAYV-yuh-rul
Definition
Relating to the interaction between biological processes and observable human actions or activities.
Etymology
A compound of 'bio-' (from Greek 'bios', meaning life) and 'behavioural' (derived from the Middle English 'behaviore'). The term emerged in the 20th century to describe the integrated study of physiological functions and external actions.
In the news
The article uses the term to describe ageing that involves both biological changes and behavioral patterns, noting that multilingual settings are linked to lower odds of this type of accelerated decline.
Speaking several languages may be linked to younger patterns of brain connectivity — researchers trained an AI brain-age clock on 728 people, then found in a separate 144-person group that bilinguals appeared about six years younger than monolinguals,
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